This is an analysis of Good King Wenceslas by John Mason Neale.

Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Stephen…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedXfbfX bgbXagag hghXiXiX jXjjkeke
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 0110011 101010 1011101 111110 1010111 101110 1011101 101010 1011111 011010 1010101 111010 1110011 101010 1010101 111010 1111111 111110 1110111 111110 1111111 111010 1011101 101010 1010101 101110 1111111 111110 1111101 110010 1110101 111110 0010111 101110 1100101 101110 1110101 111010 1110101 110110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

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